Pencil-eraser.



PATENTED NOV. 12, 1907.

` B. A. PAYSON.

PBNCIL BRASER.

APPLIOATION PILED JAN. 12, 1907.

BamarcZA.P J0w,

&Monny BERNARD A. PAYSON, OF TYROONNELL, ONTARIO, CANADA.

PENCIL-ERASER.

Specification of Letters Patenta.

Patented Nov. 12, 1907.

Application filed J nuary 12.1907. Serial No. 352.031.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, BnRNARn A. PAYsoN, a subjectof the King oi GreatBritain, residing at Tyrconnell. in the Province of Ontario and Dominionoi' Canada, have invented new and' useful Improvenents in Pencil-Erasers, of which the following is a specification. i

This invention relates to pencil erasers, and one of the principalobjects of the same is to provide means for adjusting the rubher. erasertip at the end of the pencil to conpensate for the wear of said tip..

Pencil erasers as usually employed `and Secured to the end of a pencilare very liable to become detached and lost, and moreover when detachedare only replaced with considerable diliiculty. 3 15 It is the purposeof ny invention to provide means forsecurely holding the eraser tip tothe pencil, and to permit the tip to be adjusted as it is worn away.

Another olojectof the invention is to provide simple means forconnecting and adjusting the tip.

These and other objectsnay be attained by means of the Constructionillustrated in the acconipnnying drawings, in which:

Figure l is a side elevation of a pencil provided with i curing theeraser tip in adjusted position. Fig. 4 is a vertical sehtional viewsimilar to Fig. 2, and showing a is a sleeve 2, said sleeve havingoppositely disposed vertical slots 3, said slots having a. planevertical wall 4 and a. series of upwardly projecting hooks 5 said hooksprojecting in opposite directions within the slts 3, `as shown moreparticularly in Fig. 3. An ordi 'derstood from the foregoing.

nary rubber pencil eraser is provided With a pin 7 near its lower end,said pin extending through the tip G and through the slots 3 in thesleeve 2. As shown in Figs 4 and 5 inplace of the pin 7 oppositelydisposed holding devices 8 are provided, said holding devices havingoppo'sitely disposed barbs 9 and a head 10 form'- ing finger holds foradjnsting the eraser tip 6 within the sleeve 2.

The operation of my invention may be readl-y un- Whenever it is requiredto adjust the tip 6 within the sleeve 2 it may be pulled outward andslightly turned until the ends of the pin 7 or the shank portions oftheholders 8 are disposed against the vertical wzlls 4 of the Slots 3.When withdrawn the required distance. a slight turn of the tip 6 willengnge the ends of the pin 7 or the shani: portion of the holders 8 witha pair oi the oppositely disposed hooks 5, as Will he understood. I

From the oregoing it will be obvious that iny invention is of sinipleConstruction, can be quickly adjusted to conpensate for the wear of theeraser tip, will prevent tle loss of the tip from the sleeve. and can beapplied to pencils of any character.

I It will be noticed that the pin 7 projects beyond the sleeve 2 atopposite sides thereof to provide finger holds for turning the tipwithin the sleeve for adjustrnent. The heads 10 of the pins shown inFigs. 4 and 5 also serve the sane purpose.

Wltnesses:

W J. MILTON, c

LENA WILLEY.

